Criterion Blogathon: Blogs & Topics

The initial surge has slowed down, but we still have an impressive 121 topics claimed for our Blogathon, and that number is surely to grow. We’ve been asked often whether people got their first choices, and here is the official unveiling. Most people did get their first choice, and I think that’s because many checked out the First Round page. Thank you for that!

This same info is being pasted at the official Blogathon HQ and this page will not be updated with new submissions, but the other one will.

One thing we noticed is a lot of USA films. We get it, but we think that will probably change now that the biggest American films are claimed. The UK, France and Japan also have a good number of entries.

Kudos to the brave souls that claimed box sets or essays. A lot of these topics look like grad papers, which is terrific. Just because these are going to require the most work, we are going to have them posted on the last day.

We will divide the rest of the days mostly by country and era, and we’ll post a full schedule along with publish dates down the road.

Did we mention prizes? We will be offering some for each day. We are still working on an objective and fair way to judge the winners, but with such a large volume of entries, please be understanding and respectful. By that same token, we hope you will do your best and post quality content.